The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-12-16
uMsER FRITZ.
some OF the Genial characterlcs Of
the German Grown Prince.

the German Grown Prince.
In a long article on the German im-
perial family contributed to the New
| York Tribune by "a Godson OF the
Crown Prince, tho following ars
among the stories told relative to
| Crown Prince Frederick William, now
suffering from q generous disease:
AS to the crown prince, :t Is no ex-
aggeration to state that he IS the
beau.ideal of all that is finest, noblest
and best of the great German race.
IA tall, handsome and noble-looking
man, with an elegant figure, light
brown hair and astraw.colored beard,
with O. most chivalrous and yet some
what grave courtesy-a Teuton, in
fact, such as Tacitus describes" is the
portrait which the Empress Eugene
draws OF him in writing to her friend
the Comtesse Walewski. His name,
his appearance and his character r
as we'll known in japan and China as in
America or Europe. No breath OF scan
dial has eyer furnished bis fair fame,
either as officer, gentleman, or in his
domestic relations, and probably the
highest testimony in his favor is
that the French, with all their intense
vindiCtiveness against the Germans,
have never either uttered or publish
ed a single offensive remark about
him, and that although he vas one OF
the principal leaders of the invading
army in 1870, his death will be no.
where more sincerely regretted than
in France. A singularly devoted hus-
band, his undisguised admiration for
his clevs and talented wife has given
rise to the humor that he is entirely
subservient to her will. Those who
make the assertion know the prince
but little. That it is entirely false
every one who has had the opportu-
nifty of becoming acquainted with the
strongly defined features OF his ster-
ling and upright character will readily
admit. Few parents have ever devot.
ed themselves more completely to their
children, and with the solitary excep-
tion of Prince William, whose conduct
toward his father and mother has been
far from exemplary, the tenderest reia-
tions exist between the crown prince
and princess and their children. New
er was depth and intensity of feeling
more strikingly displayed than at the
funeral of Prince Waldemar, an ok
ceedingly bright and lovahle twenty
year-old boy and the favorite child of
"Unser-Fritz" and his wife. Few Of
those who were present on March 30,
1879, in the Friedenskirche at Pots.
dam will forget the scene. When the
services had ended and the choir was
singing the beautiful hymn, t'Wenn
iCh enimal sole scheiden, so scheide
nicnt Won mir" the crown prince
strobe up to the coffin and threw him
self on his knees at the feet of his
muchloved child. Quietly and gently
the empress and her daughter, the
grand duchess OF Baden, stole up and
knelt down beside him. After about
ten minutes he arose, pressed a long
kiss on the velyet-coverfd lid OF the
coffin, and having assisted his mother
to arise to her feet, led her out Of the
church, the tears meanwhile stream.
Ing down his face Il is a. moving
thing to zee a man wesp. especially
when the mourner is so glorious a
specimen of manhood as the crown
prince, and there were few try eyes in
the church.
Those who like myself have had FREE
quent opportunities Of seeing the
crown prince in civilian dress will have
noticed that he always q little
silver coin mounted as d scarf pin in
his crayat. Remarking one day that
the persons with whom he was ON
yersing was observing the pin with
some curiosity, he pulled it out of his
5S1ff aHu sttfu: ! fiJUie SILVER cOIn
is one of three which were unearthed
in an old Roman grave inthe presence
OF my three boys. ! had the three
coins mounted as pins for them as
mementoes OF the occasion, and when
my little Waldemar died / took b
session of his, and have worn it ever
since" The crown princes relations
with his father are of the most affec-
tionate nature, Notwithstanding all
that has been said to the contrary,
and nothing is more touching than to
see the tender and respectful manner
in which he raises the old gentleman's
hand TO his lips.